$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  436

A player under the gun raised to 1,400 ptreflop, and Joe Serock called on the button before the flop was dealt . Serock bet 1,200,  and his opponent called before the turn fell .

Serock bet 2,500, and his opponent decided to fold this time around. The former WPT Player of the Year stacked up 51,000 after collecting the pot.

Joe Serock – 51,000 (63 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  433

Table 18 is pretty stacked around the way and Shaun Deeb called us over to introduce his tablemate Elliot Teal. And what a lineup Teal has to deal with.

Deeb, the six-time WSOP bracelet champ, sits to his right and former WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock on his left. Further around the table are 2021 WPT LHPO champion Ilyas Muradi and three-time SHRP champ Peter Walsworth.

Good luck, Elliot!

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  424

With the board showing on the turn, the player on the button had a bet of 11,000 out, and Ari Dinov had moved all in from the big blind for 32,100.

The button thought for a while before he called with for an open-ended straight draw.

Dinov turned over for a ten-high straight, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Dinov won the pot with a jack-high straight to double up in chips.

Ari Dinov  –  81,000  (135 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 424 entries, which means the total field is up to 967, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.68 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  418

Qui Nguyen was all in for 27,200 with in the hole, and Sam Cunix had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Nguyen doubled up to survive with 55,900. Cunix was at 22,800 after the hand.

Qui Nguyen – 63,500 (105 bb)
Sam Cunix – 22,800 (38 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  413

Matt Glantz gave us details of a hand from before the break he played against Aaron Mermelstein.

Glantz raised from the cutoff, the player on the button reraised to 3,000, and Mermelstein reraised to 8,000. Glantz five-bet it to 23,000, the button folded, and Mermelstein called.

The flop came with two spades and a club, Mermelstein checked, Glantz bet 12,000, and Mermelstein called.

The turn card was the , putting three spades on the board. Mermelstein checked, Glantz moved all in, and Mermelstein called all in for about 24,000 with for a queen-high flush draw with a gutshot straight draw.

Glantz turned over for a pair of kings with an ace-high flush draw, and Mermelstein needed a queen or a ten on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Glantz won the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Mermelstein.

Matt Glantz  –  165,900  (277 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  Eliminated

The Day 1B field is up to 413 entries, which means the total field is up to 956, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.63 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  405

The players have returned from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 with a 600 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 150K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Roger Teska  –  226,500  (378 bb)
2.  David Farber  –  180,100  (300 bb)
3.  Ahamed Meman  –  169,200  (282 bb)
4.  Matt Glantz  –  165,900  (277 bb)
5.  Omer Rotman  –  151,700  (253 bb)
6.  Hector Pacheco  –  150,500  (251 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 405 entries, which means the total field is up to 948, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.59 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  393

A player raised from the hijack to 1,200, the cutoff called, and Bryan Piccioli moved all in from the small blind for 13,000. The hijack called, and the cutoff folded.

Piccioli turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the hijack’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Piccioli to win the pot and double up in chips.

Bryan Piccioli  –  28,200  (56 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 393 entries, which means the total field is up to 936, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.53 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  387

The flop read when a player in middle position got all in with , and Josh Adcock had him covered holding pocket jacks.

The turn and river then were dealt , Adcock took out his opponent to stack up 79,000 after the hand thanks to the flopped set of jacks.

Josh Adcock – 79,000 (158 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  385

Rafay Asrar raised from the hijack to about 1,500, Darryll Fish reraised from the cutoff to 4,000, and Chris Limo reraised from the button to 10,400.

Asrar five-bet all in for about 30,000, and Fish went into the tank for a while before he folded.

Limo asked for the dealer to bring in the bets and said he had pocket tens and felt like he had to call, so he did.

But Limo turned over , and was shocked to see he didn’t have pocket tens.

Ironically, Fish said he folded pocket tens.

Asrar showed , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Asrar paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

After the hand, Limo said he simply misread his hand. He looked at one card, shuffled them back and forth, and then when he looked again, it must have been the same card.

Fish said Limo’s mistake saved him 30,000, since if he hadn’t reraised and it got all in, Fish would have called and his pocket tens would have lost.

Rafay Asrar  –  65,000  (130 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  60,000  (120 bb)
Chris Limo  –  32,500  (65 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 385 entries, which means the total field is up to 928, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.5 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  383

A series of raises led to Samuel Bernabeu getting all in for 35,600 from late position, the small blind folded, and UTG called all in for 32,200. The remaining two players then flipped over their cards.

Bernabeu:
UTG:

Board:

UTG was eliminated on the hand, and Bernabeu stacked up 68,600 after collecting the pot.

Samuel Bernabeu – 68,000 (136 bb)